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General News of Friday, February 22, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-02-22
The baby's mother still has not got justice since the incident
A 13-month-old baby was sodomized at a prayer camp near Japekrom, South Jaman District. The incident occurred while the baby's mother attended the ceremony on December 31, 2017 to mark the beginning of the New Year.
Dr. Paulina Appiah, Deputy Director of Public Health in the Bono area, who told the terrifying story to The Mirror, said it was awful to see the region of the anus tear, with bleeding and fat.
The most pathetic part of the story, told by Dr. Appiah at a conference of the Ghana Pediatric Society in Sunyani, was that even though the baby had been sent to the Catholic hospital St Mary's of Drobo, he had been sent back to the Komfo. Anokye University Hospital in Kumasi did not happen just because the parents did not have money.
As a result, she stated that the case had been reported to the Department of Social Welfare and the Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service, who had recovered the case. and continued the camp of prayer. find the culprit.
"At the end of the day, the owner of the prayer camp where the horrible act unfolded was asked to support the hospital bill.
The last time I heard about the case, it was that the wound was healed and that it was healing, but that the infant was not sent for evaluation additional in the reference institution, "said Dr. Appiah.
"This is the true state of the Ghanaian child where public service structures are unable to protect our vulnerable children.
I am sure that many of you have said that parents can not afford the cost of drugs for their children and that the burden of research and payment for drugs lies with the parents. nurses and pediatricians to manage the child.
Dr. Appiah said that child health issues should be a priority because investing in children is a good investment.
The theme of the conference was "Planning and Delivery of Health Care: The Real State of the Ghanaian Child".
DOVSSU
When making contact with The Mirror, DOVVSU's Bono regional agent, the DSP Setina Aboagye, confirmed the story, while explaining that the culprit had not yet been found .
"We have been investigating this case since its report, but unfortunately, since the victim was a 13-month-old baby, it was difficult to identify the culprit," she said.
Despite the trauma to the infant, the mother, according to DOVVSU, "told us that the child was well and that she had been cared for and returned to Drobo's St Mary's Catholic Hospital without being referred to another child. establishment".
Department of Social Protection
An official from the Sunyani welfare department, Clement Adjei-Benneh, who was in charge of South Jaman District at the time, confirmed the story.
He explained to The Mirror that even though he had informed the authorities of the South Jaman District Assembly, he had learned that the police were investigating the case.
An excerpt from the first quarter 2018 report of the Brong Ahafo Regional Directorate of the Department of Social Welfare reads as follows:
"During the quarter, doctors at Sainte-Marie Hospital released the 13-month-old baby, stained by an unknown badailant in December 2017 during a night of service."
"The baby, whose name was withheld for obvious reasons, was doing well after intensive care in the facility for nearly eight weeks."
"The Drobo police, however, indicated that investigations would continue until the guilty party was apprehended and treated."
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